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21
Let me tell you about Phil Light.
The last movie he saw was Iron Sky. He went with his
brother and his dad.
He's currently reading Miranda July - No one belongs
here more than you and listening to Calexico.
The last meal out he had was Japanese at Narita on
the shore and he was dining with his mother-in-law
and his children.
Everyday he heads out to the National Hauora Coali-
tion where he's working as a project manager on a
Rheumatic Fever Prevention initiative.
The aim is to pioneer school children's accessibility to
primary health care by setting up clinics in schools.
They are starting in South Auckland where cases of
rheumatic fever are disproportionately high.
Phil feels strongly about the work that he does. It's
vocational, he says. He wants to make a contribution
to society.
He also notes that rheumatic fever is a symptom of
child poverty and New Zealand is one of the only 1st
world countries where the disease has a presence.
The hope is that the work they are doing will break
new ground in regards to caring for our children in
schools.
When Phil's not at work he's spends his time hang-
ing out with his two daughters, playing soccer (sur-
prisingly aggressive on the field I've noticed) or taking
photos. Lots and lots of photos.
In 2010 Phil took a photo of himself with his eldest
daughter James, entered it into an Auckland Univer-
sity Alumni competition and won himself a Nikon
Camera.
Nowadays this camera is responsible for most of the
great shots he takes but before that it was a Canon
film SLR and even earlier his mum's old box brownie.
He mentions a Holga that he also loves to use, but
unfortunately the cost of film is a little prohibitive.
Phil says that photography is his creative outlet. "I like
to document the things that I see" are his exact words
on the subject.
"Photography is an easy way of creating things. Little
snapshots of your life caught, easy things to do".
His favourite photographers are all New Zealanders,
which he finds weird. Harvey Berge, Robyn Morrison
and Derek Henderson rank among his favourites.
If you ask him about his favourite subjects, he'll tell
you it's his kids. And when it comes to picking his own
favourite photo, his kids rank highly there too.
So why am I telling you about Phil?
Well, he's been compiling his photos and adding them
to his tumblr page and looking for an opportunity to
share them with others.
We've stepped in to give him a bit of digital space
every couple of weeks in which he can display his
work.
It's really good and we know that our suburbanite
readers will love it.
So turn the page, get a taste of what's to come, and
enjoy.
By Kate Russell
Kate Russell introduces our new
contributing photographer Phil Light.